Thai National Anthem
national anthem of Thailand
The Thai National Anthem, also simply referred to as the National Anthem, is the national anthem of Thailand. It was officially adopted in its current form on 10 December 1939. It replaced "Sansoen Phra Barami" as the civilian anthem in 1932 (the latter is still used as the royal anthem of Thailand). The melody was composed by Phra Chenduriyang (Peter Feit), and the official lyrics were written by Luang Saranupraphan.
Prior to 1939, when Thailand was internationally known as "Siam", 2 different lyrical versions were used—each one by different authors.
History
Origin of the melody of "Siamese National Anthem"
According to an autobiography of Phra Chenduriyang (a royal music advisor to the Thai court) written in 1954, he was asked by Luang Nithetkolakit (หลวงนิเทศกลกิจ), his friend in the Royal Siamese Navy, to write a new song for used as the "national anthem of Siam" and this song should be similar to La Marseillaise, the French national anthem. Phra Chenduriyang refused this request because he was a loyal liegeman of the king. Moreover, Sansoen Phra Barami, the Siamese royal anthem, was still used as de facto national anthem of Siam and this request was not made by order of the Siamese government. Although his friend still asked repeatedly, Phra Chenduriyang tried to dodge the request because he knew that new anthem may intricate to some political movement due to rumor of the coup d'état in that time.
About 5 days after the coup d'état, or the so-called "revolution", in June 1932, Luang Nithetkolakit now revealed that he was a member of the People's Party.
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